I was wondering if anyone was directly familiar with these areas and had any helpful information they could share or spare a few minutes to chat with me concerning these areas.Thank you very much!

I normally estimate an additional $5,000 to close.Hopefully this information helps those who are wondering about costs and deal analysis just trying to get started.

I assume many people here do their own cleaning when they got started so maybe it’s well known by people who aren’t me?

A well connected agent can also tap into their network.. for instance, probate attorneys might know of people seeking short-term solutions.

We ran numbers across several probabilities and it seemed like a safer bet when we purchased. 

@Hunter Duplantis what @Gino Barbaro said is exactly what I was going to suggest.When you have vacancy is the time to experiment and apply your original thesis.I’m not trying to play Monday quarterback here but, you should be highly confident in where the rents should be well in advance of having a vacancy.That being said, after confirming competition rents on websites (I’d also recommend Craigslist and Facebook marketplace), you should be in alignment there.  

Hey BP,Looking for some great websites to use to gather information on different markets, especially OOS investing...One of my personal favorites is "City-data.com", which was also suggested to me by a fellow BP investor!

I've never heard of someone not generating leads from a sign.You may not have the best call to action or landing page for your listing leads if you haven't seen any traction.Cell phone #s and emails on listing signs did not convert well for me.

I reduced rent by 100 $ last week as well from zillow Zestimate rentI spoke to other new property manager whom I am thinking to switch for long time.

I will only get one chance to set my real estate foundation, want to make sure I do it as well as possible without suffering paralysis.